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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
5
Prairie City news notes social visits deaths and events. Mrs Carrie White and local families share outings while Miss Becca Woolford and Mrs Georgia Parker are called away. W. S Parker returns from Lake Okoboji. Col Ingersol obituary prompts reflection on oratory and faith. Community gatherings include quilting and thimble parties as churches plan quarterly meetings.
Rev J H Scull will hold the last quarterly meeting for the conference year at Sully on Saturday and Sunday August 19 and 20. Several locals are visiting kin and working on farms. Des Moines bound soldiers and new barn construction are reported. Residents share weather harms and daily errands across Buena Vista and nearby towns.
Rev Kirkwood hosts Leota Eichner visits with great grandparents The Adams brothers buy a new threshing engine Mrs Frank Russell to attend Colfax Assembly G Hitchler helps with Davis and Bower Murphy machine this fall Winds and rain ruined corn prospects Mrs Kennath and Alabama born baby visit ends Mrs James Brown family return to Newton Miss Lida Cadwallader and Wyatt visit Maud Emerson Lois and Jeannette Johnson visit relatives then depart Rev Scarbrough fills Pleasant Hill M E pulpit There will be preaching at Carter school house Sunday at 3 Mrs Albert Robidantz recovering slowly from rheumatism Mrs Thomas Killduff cares for her father Weideman
Henry Weigeman is reported quite poorly over the past week. Mrs Holdesworth and baby visit the V. W. Coe home. Mrs Jno Newell returned from Walnut Iowa and reports her sister improving. Montpelier Iowa's Mr Agar visited with his son Henry, W J Hamilton of Spickard Missouri visited Iowa this fall. Gene Birchard and wife spent Sunday with Henry Moore. Georgie Reynolds rode a wheel from Grinnell in one hour fifteen minutes.
James Norman worked for his cousin near Turner over the past week. Joan Vandermay and family were Grinnell callers Tuesday. J W Norman was a Sully caller. The small grain is in shock and corn growth is rapid with dark green color indicating a good crop. John Eldridge spent Sunday with his brother James. Bam Poots has spent the past week breaking colts.
Mrs Henry Bergman and daughter of Newton visit Grandma Pickens for a few weeks. Dr J R Smith buys widow Ponder farm in Kellogg township, 182 acres. Miss Lottie Stuart leaves for Colorado. Nevada buyers sell about sixty head of horses in Kellogg. J B Burton buys 24 head and S A Morris 22 head. Howard Jacobs of Maripova township sustains a gash to his left forearm while using a hay fork repairing his barn, sidelining him several days.
Mr and Mrs Lee Carr of Newton visited with friends Miss Louisa Schaumburg and Henry Krause and E A Conn over Sunday. A general Sunday school meets at Independence school house south of town each Sunday at 10 30 AM. J W Preston tours Western Canada and the northwestern United States sending home elk and moose antlers. Miss Lulu Logsdon of Baxter marries Len Weeks of Baxter at the Logsdon home.
Dr Turner reports the birth of a laughter last Saturday to Walter Edgar and wi sims vesse witmer of Newton on a pleasant visit with Grandpa and Grandma Hawk. Dad West and her brother Clift of Des Moines visited Colfax Tuesday with friends. Mr Gearnart reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Andy Smith last Wednesday night. James Dotson died at Kirksville Missouri last Monday at 77, brother of C A Dotson of Colfax. Asses Vannie and Mollie Cornelius of Des Moines were among excursionists Tuesday. Mollie stayed for a few days visit before returning home. We are sorry to learn Fred dangerous lines of their brother, very low with quick consumption.
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